St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-28
She, However, Confesses That
She Likes to Talk to
Newspaper Men.
The Chamber Of Commerce
Gives Inspection An
other Turn.
Heavy Output Of Flour
Doings of the Courts
Other News.
A BRIGHT WOMAN.
Miss Lillian Lewis Talks About
Newspapers and Other Mat

Miss Lillian Lewis Talks About
Newspapers and Other Mat
tiers.
Most people generally imagine the
dramatic critic is the man who occupies
Appointment seat and holds his head in his
hand while, with an expression indiea-
tive of intense mental stain, he follows
the run of the play, but the reporter ON
daily in Minneapolis who does 1.-THE
first night echoes" has about half
dozen places to visit Monday evenings,
and his opinions as to the merits of
salient points of the several attractions
are often gained from casual glimpse
OF perhaps only the size of the audience
Monday evening GLOBE reporter who
had been making go-as-yOu-please eff
fort to take in all the shows, appeared
in the foyer at the Hennepin avenue
theater, Snatched programme from
an usher and tarried long enough to see
the curtain rung down in the third act
of the New Magdalen, when 1.-The wo-
man without a heart ShriekS wildly.
"Ah, ha! Face to face at last!'' His
sole comment as the result of his haste
was Miss Lewis has fine pair of lungs
and rather ultra idea of expressed
passion" Yesterday he met the actress
face to face at last in the parlor of the
West hotel and discovered to his con-
fusion that she was not the Shrieker
whose ear-splitting prOpensities he had
noted. 1t was clear that on that Mon
day night he had mistaken some other
member of the company for her.
81 felt like sending to the
editor of the GLOBE and asking him to
send that same reporter to sit through
the play and see if | ever strained my
lungs" Miss Lewis remarked with a
pOut. and then, as if recOllecting that
SO severe punishment should not be
inflicted for small offense. added: Il
only mean that l don't like to be criti-
cised at long range in this way"
Miss Lewis as a peace offering, per-
hapS, next confessed that she liked to
talk to newspaper men and had con-
tributed some articles of a goSsipy ma
ture upon such subjects. as art, dress
and the drama to the ST. Louis Post
gram and other papers. Il think you
have splendid papers in the Twin Cities.
much better than could be expected
from the population" she went on.
They are bright and newsy, the GLOBE
especially, but then they fight among
themselves so bitterly. They don't?
Why, am surprised, because always
supposed they did. Now stop. You
must not poke fun at the Tribune. Pm
sure it was kind in them to accord me
an editorial, and they sent one of
their tamest reporters to see me, too"
Concerning herself. Miss Lewis did
not give an extended autobiography,
simply saying that, unlike Margaret
Mather, she had left beautiful home
for the stage, and had been an actress
for five years. Il am working hard,
and the fact that am starring shows
that l have been in a measure success
full. but | want to go higher vet. |
think Cora, in Article AZ is the
best thing | do" In conclusion, Miss
Lewis added that she had passed
through Minnesota before-''I remem-
Der that about a year ago when we were
breaking long jump we played the
Lady of Lyons at MankatO, and fin
iShed in time to take the train at 9:45.
You can imagine that the curtain was
not down long between the acts, and we
dressed like lightning change artists.
We played the entire piece and never
cut line. This is my first visit to Min
neapolis. It's wonderful city. and the
West hotel is simply grand, while the
Hennepin Avenue theater is charm
ing
1t can be said for Miss Lewis that
while she is not beautiful she has an at
tractive face and figure, while her man.
nerS are charming. She is one of the
few who look better off the stage than
on it.